The finance guy at the dealer questioed Skoda finance hard over this as he didn't want to lose a sale.

The answer was given was a definite NO to anything apart from the UK and EU

So Gibraltar is off the prohibied list, I wasn't aware that the state status was as part of the UK.

However, VW finance state you must ask permission and the answer is no by default.

So you had better be AMAZED

I have made my complaint in writing and by phone and the case is open.

If I dont get a satisfactory resolution to all three sections of my complaint the next step will be to write to the CEO of VAG.

Always worth thowing snowballs at the top of the mountain, they get larger as they roll downhill towards who ever caused the problem.

Thats far too simplistic,

Apply Sods Law

You visit a country that is on the idiots banned list and have an accident

VAG finance are notified as an interested party as the vehicle is on a Hire agreement,

You end up in breach of the HP agreement and they could potentially take legal action against you, including recovery of the vehicle.

The better approach than sticking your head in the sand and ignoring it, is to take the idiots on for adding the clause .

Hi Concrete

As I've found from Insurence companies they can refuse to cover any country.

If you try to get cover for Serbia , I only know of two UK companies who provide fully comp cover there.

Even though they have the same insurence status as Norway and Switzerland.

All I can recommend to everyone is to read the contract carefully, and query anything you dont understand or think shoud be there, and if you are not happy dont buy it.

The most effective weapon against stupid conditions is not to buy the product what ever it is.

With car finance it hits the dealer, lost commission and the finance company.

VAG finance are charging 6% but throwing in 2 services.

I had to borrow 8.5K which is more that the contract hire, with 5K owing at the end,

but TSB charged me 3.2%.APR

By complaing to Skoda CS they have given a service as good will gesture, and the dealer has discounted down the purchase by the cost of a service.

But no luck on a SD card that has Croatia maps on it :(

that is a problem to me as I drive down to Croatia each year, and although I know the main routes, the cities can be difficult without street maps.

There is still the outstanding complaint that I was not informed the Yeti had a VW EA189 engine , so has the issue with the emmissions s/w.

I will continue the action over the unfair clause with the CEO of VAG Finance, the weak spot in their defence is the exclusion of a country lying within UK territorial waters,

Ie The Isle of Man

It must be a terribly dangerous place with the three legged man that endangers VAG cars.

Also if so dangerous why are there two VW dealers on the island ??

Cheers

Richard AKA Victor :)

I wonder what will happen to conditions like this in the post-Brexit age. (Visions of British holidaymakers caught in a ferry or Eurostar strike or just extending holidays only to find their car insurance suddenly runs out the day the UK leaves the EU...)

These people make you wonder how we managed before the EU!

I agree jc2. As a famous sailor once said

' I see no ships, only hardships' Anyone would think the world is coming to an end. This is only after 40 years of EU brainwashing too. What would it be like if their dummy was taken away after a longer period?

Cheers Concrete